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| Icann increases web domain suffixes | Icann increases web domain suffixes |
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| A global internet body has voted to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes, the biggest change for the online world in years. | A global internet body has voted to allow the creation of new website domain suffixes, the biggest change for the online world in years. |
| The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) plans to dramatically increase the number of domain endings from the current 22. | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) plans to dramatically increase the number of domain endings from the current 22. |
| Internet address names will end with almost any word and be in any language. | Internet address names will end with almost any word and be in any language. |
| Icann will begin taking applications next year, with corporations and cities expected to be among the first. | Icann will begin taking applications next year, with corporations and cities expected to be among the first. |
| "Icann has opened the internet's addressing system to the limitless possibilities of the human imagination," said Rod Beckstrom, president and chief executive officer for Icann. | "Icann has opened the internet's addressing system to the limitless possibilities of the human imagination," said Rod Beckstrom, president and chief executive officer for Icann. |
| "No one can predict where this historic decision will take us." | "No one can predict where this historic decision will take us." |
| There will be several hundred new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), which could include such addresses as .google, .coke, or even .BBC. | |
| There are currently 22 gTLDs, as well as about 250 country-level domain names such as .uk or .de. | |
| It will cost $185,000 (£114,000) to apply for the suffixes, and companies would need to show they have a legitimate claim to the name they are buying. | |
| Analysts say it is a price that global giants might be willing to pay - in order to maximise their internet presence. | |
| The vote completes a six-year negotiation process and is the biggest change to the system since .com was first introduced 26 years ago. | |
| Icann said it was beginning a global communications programme to raise awareness of the new domain names. | |
| Applications will start on 12 January. |